‘You don't have Australian experience' - the biggest cop out in a recruiter's lexicon

When I was recruiting temp accountants for Recruitment Solutions in Sydney during the 1990s, I took a lot of satisfaction in placing many 'number crunchers' who didn't have ‘Australian experience'.   

These arrivals to the Great Southern Land had permanently left homes in countries such as Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Fiji, to name just a few. None…